Browse 1974: Applications of minicomputers to library and related problems by Title

Negus, A.E.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

Although minicomputers can be used in many types of information
retrieval facilities, this
paper deals primarily with bibliographic reference re-
trieval
systems. There are two main reasons why it is attractive to ...

Lancaster, F.W. (editor)(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

It is widely recognized that library automation is most likely to be
economically justifiable through (a) the sharing of computer resources among
a number of libraries, by networking or other cooperative arrangements, ...

Corey, James F.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

This
paper, together with the preceding paper by Divilbiss, is intended
to
provide a background for the characteristics of minicomputers and the
ways in which they can be configured to tackle library problems. As ...

Brudvig, Glenn L.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

The University of Minnesota Bio-Medical Library received a three-year
grant of $361,729 from the National Library of Medicine in June 1972 to
develop a low-cost, stand-alone, library-controlled computer system which ...

Divilbiss, J.L.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

In a
practical sense, the minicomputer age began in 1964 with the
Digital Equipment Corporation's introduction of the PDF 8. Potential com-
puter users who had been unable to afford a $500,000 machine found that
for ...

Beaumont, Dennis N.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

Libraries in the 1970s find themselves facing
major challenges in terms
of a need and desire to increase and broaden services in a period of fiscal
restriction. Demand for the tax dollar to support social
programs ...

Kershner, Lois M.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

In the fall of 1972, the Van Pelt
Library of the University of Pennsylvania Libraries installed the IBM
System/7-2790 Data Communication System
for circulation control
replacing an IBM 1030 Data Collection System ...

Hamner, Walter G.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

Minicomputers are being put to work in many different environments.
With every repetitive paper handling task, there is a potential minicomputer
application.
According to a recent study by International Data Corporation, ...

Curley, Walter W.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

Much has been written on the use of computers in libraries but until
recently the promise has exceeded the performance. Colleges and universities,
by virtue of equipment on campus and the fact that in many instances ...

Grosch, Audrey N.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

When the term "minicomputer" initially was coined it denoted a
physically small, low-cost computer using available technology and designed to
perform a specific function. Usage of these devices was limited mainly to ...

Waite, David P.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

In January 1974, Information Dynamics Corporation introduced to the
library community a nationwide on-line bibliographic and information net-
work called BIBNET. Installations have begun and operations are expected to ...

Davison, Wayne(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

This
paper will briefly review Stanford University's library automation
system, BALLOTS, and the computing environment in which it is imple-
mented. The system currently utilizes a PDF 1 1 /45 as a communications ...

Schabas, Ann H.; Damon, Gene A.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

This paper discusses how one library school, the Faculty of Library
Science at the University of Toronto, uses a minicomputer. The pleasures and
problems we have experienced with our mini relate to the environment of ...

Lourey, Eugene D.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

In the
past, most automated systems employed large, general purpose
processors, or very specialized applications software, usually both. An
approach employing either method does not support library automation in
any ...

Payne, Charles T.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974)

This
paper describes the computerized library data system designed and
built at the
University of Chicago. The project is supported by grants from
the Council on Library Resources and the National Endowment for the ...